Middle School Matters

Advisory:

How do you get to school?

http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/12/14390958-risky-river-crossing-filipino-kids-tube-to-get-to-school

Everything I Need to Know I’m Learning From My Sixth Graders

http://transformed.teachingquality.org/blogs/10-2012/everything-i-need-know-i-m-learning-my-sixth-graders

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

This podcast is based on an article from the Fall, 2012 issue of Green Teacher. The article was entitled "Children's Rights and Climate Change." The article was written by Paula Gallo and Barbara Strang.

The purpose of the article was to help teachers help young people realize their right to a healthy planet. Teachers, have an invaluable role to play in generating the power of students, and they can do so by exploring with students the world of climate change and other environmental issues, as seen through the lens of children's rights.

From the Twitterverse:

Resources:

The Flip: End of a Love Affair

http://plpnetwork.com/2012/10/08/flip-love-affair/

The Google Cultural Institutue

Awesome materials presented in a very visual manner. The concept is to promote and preserve culture on line.

We have created this site to provide a visually rich and interactive online experience for telling cultural stories in new ways. Discover exhibits by expert curators, find artifacts, view photographs, read original manuscripts, watch videos, and more.

http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/#!home

Make InfoGraphics

http://piktochart.com/

Web Spotlight:

What happens if there is a tie in the President Election?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sHEDXzOfENI#!

Common Core Resource

Smarter Balanced sample items illustrate the rigor and complexity of the English language arts/literacy and mathematics items and performance tasks students will encounter on the Consortium’s next-generation assessments.

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/sample-items-and-performance-tasks/

News:

Events & Happenings:

Calendar of Events:

Jokes You Can Use:

A vertically challenged psychic was arrested one day. He escaped from jail and the newspaper headline read, "SMALL MEDIUM AT-LARGE."

Hoss rode into town to buy a bull. Unfortunately, when he bought it, he was left with one dollar. Hoss needed to tell his wife to come with the truck and get the bull, but telegrams cost one dollar per word. Hoss said to the telegram man,"OK. I have my one word-'comfortable'." Why do you want to tell her that?” asked the telegram man. "Oh, she's not the best reader," Hoss said. "She'll read it really slowly".

Did you hear about the accountant with insomnia? He decided to try counting sheep, but he made a mistake and was up all night trying to find it!

Eileen Award:

Scoopit:

Twitter: Jennifer Larson

Facebook:

Google+: Alec Couros, Wes Fryer

iTunes:

eMail:

Advisory:

Rationalization & Dishonesty

Dan Ariely does an RSA animate speech. Warning there are swear words (hell is used twice). There is also a discussion about confession.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XBmJay_qdNc#!

Belgian Coal Miners

* Note there are lots of images at the base site. They have a warning about needing to be over 14. Interesting, I was given a warning about several pictures for which absolutely no warning was needed.

http://vintagephoto.livejournal.com/5767874.html

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

This podcast is based on an article from the September, 2012 issue of Science Scope. A magazine for middle school science teachers, published by the National Science Teachers Association. The article was entitled "Successful Co-Teaching in the Science Classroom." The article was written by Leslie Forbes and Stacy Billet

Co-teaching has become a popular concept in the field of education, especially as related to special education. There are five main types of co-teaching: lead and support; station teaching; parallel teaching; alternative teaching; and team teaching. Although the research on co-teaching is limited, it is growing and what is available is generally positive.

From the Twitterverse:

Don’t forget #mschat on Thursdays at 8:00 pm EST on Twitter!

Resources:

Eight Things Skilled Teachers Think, Say, and Do

Larry Ferlazzo

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/oct12/vol70/num02/Eight-Things-Skilled-Teachers-Think,-Say,-and-Do.aspx

Mysteries of Vernacular

Clew?

http://www.mysteriesofvernacular.com/

Historical Thinking Matters

Welcome to Historical Thinking Matters, a website focused on key topics in U.S. history, that is designed to teach students how to critically read primary sources and how to critique and construct historical narratives. Read how to use this site.

http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/

How to tell students they are wrong

Web Spotlight:

How Americans Spend Their Money

Events & Happenings:

Jokes You Can Use:

The teacher said; “Take a pencil and paper, and write an essay with the title ‘If I Were a Millionaire.’” Everyone but Joe, who leaned back with arms folded, began to write feverishly.

“What’s the matter,” the teacher asked. “Why don’t you begin?”

“I’m waiting for my secretary,” Joe replied.

Why were all the ink spots crying?

Their father was in the pen.

A fellow bought a new Mercedes and was out on the interstate for a nice evening drive. The top was down, the breeze was blowing through what was left of his hair and he decided to open her up. As the needle jumped up to 80 mph, he suddenly saw flashing red and blue lights behind him. "There's no way they can catch a Mercedes," he thought to himself and opened her up further. The needle hit 90, 100.... Then the reality of the situation hit him. "What am I doing?" he thought and pulled over. The cop came up to him, took his license without a word and examined it and the car. "It's been a long day, this is the end of my shift and it's Friday the 13th. I don't feel like more paperwork, so if you can give me an excuse for your driving that I haven't heard before, you can go."

The guy thinks for a second and says, "Last week my wife ran off with a cop. I was afraid you were trying to give her back!"

"Have a nice weekend," said the officer.

Eileen Award:

Scoopit:

Twitter: Rovy Branon , Allison Petersen

Facebook: Ella Sherman

Google+:

iTunes:

eMail:

Advisory:

Picture books

Have your students make picture books for elementary students. (This can be done the “old fashioned” way or electronically.

http://www.culturestreet.org.uk/activities/picturebookmaker/

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

"A Special Assignment from NASA"

This podcast is based on an article from the September, 2012 issue of Science Scope. A magazine for middle school science teachers, published by the National Science Teachers Association. The article was entitled "A Special Assignment from NASA" - Understanding Earth's Atmosphere Through the Integration of Science and Mathematics. The article was written by Justine E. Fox and Nicole J. Glen.

The purpose of the special assignment was to help students understand the role of NASA scientists, while asking real world questions about the atmosphere. The unit begins with the reading of "Here's the Crusher" from the book "Even More Everyday Science Mysteries." The mystery is about a boy, Eric, who washes a water bottle under hot water and then observes what happens to the bottle. This leads students in the classroom to re-enact the mystery and then apply the knowledge to a better understanding of why certain technological items like satellites, airplanes, etc. are found in certain atmospheric levels and not others. They study the height and the temperatures of the atmospheric levels.

From the Twitterverse:

Resources:

Run for President:

http://adomatic.us/

DIY

ISTE:

Interactive, Customizable, Free:

Using Open Source FlexBooks

News:

“Using VAM to evaluate teachers is akin to using Lysol as a mouth wash because it does a good job killing germs on your kitchen counter. - Principal Carol Burris, in The Answer Sheet “

http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/2012/09/quotes-no-such-thing-as-good-use-of-vam-data-for-evaluation.html

No Soft Retirement

Web Spotlight:

The day I quit teaching

Posted by Brad Flickinger on Sep 20, 2012

As it turned out, technology wasn’t the problem, I was.

http://www.schooltechnology.org/2012/09/20/the-day-i-quit-teaching/

iCivics (www.icivics.org)

Events & Happenings:

Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education.

Jokes You Can Use:

Eileen Award:

Scoopit:

Twitter: Aaron Morris, Chris Billings

Facebook:

Google+: Lori Anderson,

iTunes:

eMail:

Advisory:

Old Man Toilet Paper Roll Faces

http://twentytwowords.com/2012/09/10/17-bizarre-ugly-and-awesome-old-man-faces-made-out-of-toilet-paper-rolls/

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

RABBITS IN THE CLASSROOM

This podcast is based on the Question of the Month Column, from the Scope on Safety Section of the September 2012 issue of Science Scope magazine, a magazine for middle school science teachers, published by the National Science Teachers Association. It was written by Ken Roy.

This month’s question deals with letting rabbits run free in the middle school classroom. Ken shares advice from the Humane Society of the United States and the American Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences.

From the Twitterverse:

Resources:

Free Electoral Maps

http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Special-Offers.aspx

2012 Electoral Voting Map: Frequent updates.

http://electoral-vote.com/

YouTube Launches "Star Search" for Teachers

Starting today and running through October 1st, YouTube is looking to identify tenYouTube EDU Gurus.

YouTube has partnered with Khan Academy to run this contest. The ten chosen finalists will receive $1,000 toward for video production equipment, attend a three day workshop with Khan academy staff, and have work featured on YouTube EDU. To enter you have to submit video samples and answer two short essay questions (responses limited to 200 words).

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/09/youtube-launches-star-search-for.html

MemStash

Stop forgetting. Start Remembering.

Simply highlight any text you want to remember, and click the bookmark "Stash It".

We'll email or SMS you 10 minutes, 24 hours, and 7 days later to make sure you memorize it.

Optional: Push your notes automatically to your Evernote account.

Save everything. Remember everything.

http://memstash.co/

Vintage Book Posters

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/11/vintage-ads-for-libraries-and-reading/

Web Spotlight:

David Byrne on How Music and Creativity Work

Among the book’s most fascinating insights is a counterintuitive model for howcreativity works, from a chapter titled “Creation in Reverse” — a kind of reformulation of McLuhan’s famous aphorism “the medium is the message”into a somewhat less pedantic but no less purposeful “the medium shapes the message”:

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/13/david-byrne-how-music-works/

Banned from school:

http://www.worldsstrangest.com/mental-floss/10-things-public-schools-have-banned/

Events & Happenings:

Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education.

AMLE Feature:

Jokes You Can Use:

Q: What do you get when you cross a perm with a rabbit?

A: Curly hare.

1. A day without sunshine is like night.

2. On the other hand, you have different fingers.

3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

5. Remember, half the people you know are below average.

6. He who laughs last; thinks slowest.

7. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

8. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.

9. Support bacteria. They're the only culture most people have.

10. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

11. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

12. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.

13. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.

14. OK, so what's the speed of dark?

15. When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

16. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

17. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

18. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

19. What happens if you get scared half to death, twice?

20. Why do psychics have to ask you your name?

21. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering, 'What the heck happened?'

22. Just remember -- if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.

23. Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

24. Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.

Eileen Award:

Advisory:

Open University 60 second Adventures in Thought

http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/philosophy/60-second-adventures-thought?track=69508b9e11

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE MINUTE-ICE CUBES, STEM AND 5E

This podcast is based on the article "Should Ice Be Cubed?" written by Richard H. Moyer and Susan A. Everett. The article can be found in the September 2012 issue of Science Scope magazine, a magazine for middle school science teachers, published by the National Science Teachers Association.

All four STEM areas were integrated throughout the 5E lesson as students were engaged, they explored, they developed explanations, they extended their learning and were evaluated. Science was represented through heat transfer, cooling rates, and melting. Technology was integrated through the use of the different types of ice cube trays -- novelty, giant cube, household, and student built. The activity allowed students to become engineers by testing three different ice-cube-tray designs. Finally, the mathematics was used in measuring the surface-area and volume relationships between the ice cubes.

From the Twitterverse:

Resources:

Periodic Chart

Lots of really great information about elements. Don’t miss the navigation bar on the right. Also includes printables.

http://chemreference.com/

Find the Data

Incredible amounts of data.

http://www.findthedata.org/

Events & Happenings:

AMLE Feature:

Interview with Dr. Kristina Doubet

“Dr. Kristina Doubet is an Associate Professor of Middle and Secondary Education at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. With over ten years of experience teaching middle and secondary English, she now prepares future middle and high school teachers for careers in the classroom. Dr Doubet completed her M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Virginia where she studied the impact of differentiated instruction on student performance in elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. Her publications also focus on assessment and differentiated instruction and include AMLE’s, Smart in the Middle: Classrooms that Work for Bright Middle Schoolers (co-authored with Carol Tomlinson). Dr. Doubet works regularly with practicing teachers from all grade levels and content areas as a staff developer for schools/districts implementing initiatives in the areas of Common Core Standards, formative assessment and differentiated instruction.”

Dr. Doubet is cited here: Differentiation

You can get more of Dr. Doubet from Amazon.com.

Contact info: [email protected]

Some Resources:

https://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/file/view/doubet.pdf

Jokes You Can Use:

“The speed of time is one second per second.” - Monsieur Loach

Kulula Airlines. Real airplane. Real paint job. Real funny. :-)

On Our Mind:

Eileen Award:

Eric Huff

Scoopit:

Twitter: Todd Bloch, Jennifer McFarlane, #mschat, Deanna @ldgermany312, Brian Tonniges @BTonniges, Stephen Davis.

Facebook:

Google+: Ciera Robinson, Jennifer Fox,

iTunes:

eMail: Patti Kinney (NASSP), Dr. Monte Tatom,

Advisory:

Dollar Artist Sculptures

Challenge your students.

http://dollarartist.com/sculptures.html

SPARK YOUR FUTURE

Discover a career and find the right education.

http://www.insidejobs.com/

Who’s Reading What?

http://mashable.com/2012/08/26/reading-stats-infographic/

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE MINUTE-MATH, SCIENCE AND THE NGSS

This podcast is based on the editorial column of Science Scope Magazine, September, 2012, published by the National Science Teachers Association. The editor of Science Scope is Inez Liftig. Her column is entitled, "Editor's Roundtable."

Her editorial focused on finding the common ground between math and science. She cited the commonalities between the eight Practices of Science and Engineering, from the Next Generation Science Standards and the eight Practices of Mathematics outlined in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.

From the Twitterverse:

Resources:

TimeMaps

http://www.timemaps.com/

myHistro

http://www.myhistro.com/

The Parent Rap

A little fun for teachers who are parents.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N_NspDWssIY#!

For Those Who Want to Lead, Read

ISTE:

Combining Social Studies and Language Arts

Sandra Wozniak

Share Resources: livebinders.com and search: ISTE 2012

tregoED

Limits to Time on Task

http://www.joebower.org/2012/08/limits-of-time-on-task.html

Web Spotlight:

Teacher’s Ultimate Digital Kit

Online PD for teachers who are learning to teach with technology. There’s a great one on using QR codes in the classroom . . .

Events & Happenings:

Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education.

AMLE Feature:

Fundamentals for Student Success in the Middle Grades

http://amle.org/Advocacy/AdvocacyToolstoUse/FundamentalsPresentation/tabid/793/Default.aspx#

Jokes You Can Use:

Bad Dog: http://dog-shaming.com/

On Our Mind:

Starting of the school year...

Eileen Award:

Eric Huff

Scoopit:

Twitter: Todd Bloch, Debbra Uttero, Khadigah A.

Facebook:

Google+:

iTunes:

Advisory:

Classrooms Around the World

http://www.juliangermain.com/projects/classrooms.php

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE MINUTE-STEM ACROSS MIDDLE GRADES

This podcast is based on the article "STEM Across Middle Grades Curriculum," written by Chad Pavlekovich, Jenny Benardi, and Jayne Malach. It was published in the August 2012 edition of "Middle Ground," a magazine published by the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE). Salisbury MIddle School in Salisbury, Maryland has had a STEM program for three years. The program serves 90 students, 30 in each grade level. The STEM program includes three core subjects (science, ELA, history), technology education, and computer science.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.amle.org/Publications/MiddleGround/Articles/August2012/Article3/tabid/2674/Default.aspx

From the Twitterverse:

Join #mschat on Thursdays at 8:00 pm EST on Twitter!

Resources:

150 Book Report Alternatives:

http://cheekylit.com/75-book-report-alternatives/

How to Turn Your Classroom into an Idea Factory

Here are eight tips to borrow from classrooms where teachers are reinventing yesterday’s schools as tomorrow’s idea factories.

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/08/how-to-turn-your-classroom-into-an-idea-factory/

First Day of School Activity

http://cherraolthof.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/day-1/

ISTE:

New Times, New Solutions:

Strategies to Sustain Professional Development

News:

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http://www.wiziq.com/academic/

Web Spotlight:

If Sal Khan Says He’s Teaching, Are Students Learning? [Achievement vs. Learning]

By TeacherSolutions 2030 Team

Teachers, Cheating, and Incentives

http://danariely.com/2012/07/07/teachers-cheating-and-incentives-2/

A running theme that the only thing that matters is test scores

BY SCOTT MCLEOD

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2012/08/a-running-theme-that-the-only-thing-that-matters-is-test-scores.html

Events & Happenings:

Calendar of Events:

Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education.

AMLE Feature:

Characteristics

To comprehend their breadth and focus, the characteristics are grouped in three general categories:

Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Characteristics

●Educators value young adolescents and are prepared to teach them.

●Students and teachers are engaged in active, purposeful learning.

●Curriculum is challenging, exploratory, integrative, and relevant.

●Educators use multiple learning and teaching approaches.

●Varied and ongoing assessments advance learning as well as measure it.

Leadership and Organization Characteristics

●A shared vision developed by all stakeholders guides every decision.

●Leaders are committed to and knowledgeable about this age group, educational research, and

best practices.

●Leaders demonstrate courage and collaboration.

●Ongoing professional development reflects best educational practices.

●Organizational structures foster purposeful learning and meaningful relationships.

Culture and Community Characteristics

●The school environment is inviting, safe, inclusive, and supportive of all.

●Every student’s academic and personal development is guided by an adult advocate.

●Comprehensive guidance and support services meet the needs of young adolescents.

●Health and wellness are supported in curricula, school-wide programs, and related policies.

●The school actively involves families in the education of their children.

●The school includes community and business partners.

You can find the This We Believe

Jokes You Can Use:

Eileen Award:

●Charles G. Timm

●Jennifer Johnson

●Marianne Mangels

●Jenifer Fox

●Mark Wills

Advisory:

Ten Rules for Class

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/10/10-rules-for-students-and-teachers-john-cage-corita-kent/

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Josh Fullan wrote an article entitled, ”Pedestrian City,” for the magazine Green Teacher, summer edition

2012. The purpose of the article was to present a way that middle school students could investigate the

walkability of their urban neighborhoods. He presented three activities:

Learning Activity 1: Introduction to walking as a mode of transportation.

Learning Activity 2: Experiential lesson on walking in which the teacher leads the students on a

neighborhood walk.

Learning Activity 3: Culminates the unit with a creative hands-on activity on walking in which students

create a hand-drawn map of a walk they do regularly.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.greenteacher.com/contents96.html

From the Twitterverse:

Join #mschat on Fridays at 8:00 pm EST on Twitter!

Resources:

5 Video Projects to Try With Your Students

Richard Byrne

Here are five ideas and tools for video projects that you can try with your students this year.

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/08/5-video-projects-to-try-with-your.html

http://thedirectorintheclassroom.ning.com/page/director-book

ISTE:

Digital Historians

Events & Happenings:

Calendar of Events:

AMLE Feature:

This We Believe:

In This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents, the Association for Middle Level Education, formerly National Middle School Association, describes the nature of an educational program that reflects what research and vast experience have demonstrated to be best for 10- to 15-year-olds.

Major Goals of Middle Level Educators

To become a fully functioning, self-actualized person, each young adolescent should

This I Believe Poster: http://www.amle.org/AboutAMLE/ThisWeBelieve/ThisIBelieve/tabid/2320/Default.aspx

Jokes You Can Use:

Hear about the gymnast that was disqualified at the Olympics?

On Our Mind:

Eileen Award:

Scoopit: Jennifer Mangler

Twitter: CAMLE,

Facebook: Jennifer Johnson, Marianne Mangels

Google+: Zahid Hassan, Andy Winchester

iTunes:

Advisory:

Presidential Birthday Gifts: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/62717

Why grammar is important- http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/07/i_wont_hire_people_who_use_poo.html

Build a Meerkat http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/activity/build-meerkat/?ar_a=1

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Summer Reading -- Back to School

The Summer, 2012 edition of Science Scope, a magazine for middle school science teachers produced by the National Science Teachers Association, featured an article entitled "Book Your Summer Vacation." The article was written by Juliana Texley. In this podcast, the third and final installment in this series, three books are featured. They include:

Snap by Katherine Ramsland

The Failure of Environmental Education by Charles Saylan and Daniel Blumstein

Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes by Page Keeley

All of these books are available in the NSTA Store:

http://nsta.org/store

From the Twitterverse:

Join #mschat on Fridays at 8:00 pm EST on Twitter!

ISTE:

Stratosphere

Integrating Technology, Pedagogy and Change Knowledge.

By Michael Fullan

Events & Happenings:

AMLE Feature: Scheduling

More on scheduling:

Jokes You Can Use:

This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.

What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.

On Our Mind:

#mschat restart on Twitter August 9 - 8:00 pm EST (Todd Bloch)

Eileen Award:

●Scoopit: Jennifer Mangler

●Twitter: National History Bee, Electric Eggplant, Toshiba Innovation, Scott Newcomb,

Bethany Beaudrie, Professor Michael Mills, the Doceri Team, Sandra Wozniak, Ellie Dix,

Haikuary, Round Lake Middle, Scott Ziegler, Present Me, and Kyle Pekurney.

●Facebook: Stacy Nichols Belson,

●iTunes: No new follows this week.

Advisory:

Fictitious Dishes:

http://www.dinahfried.com/fictitious-dishes/

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Summer Reading Through Time and Space

The Summer, 2012 edition of Science Scope, a magazine for middle school science teachers

produced by the National Science Teachers Association, featured an article entitled "Book Your

Summer Vacation." The article was written by Juliana Texley. This is the second in a three part

series of podcasts, on this article. In this podcast, three more books are featured. They

include:

Billions of Years, Amazing Changes: The Sory of Evorution, by Laurence Pringle

Mission Control: This is Apollo, by Andrew Chalkin

Space, Stars, and the Beginning of Time, by Elaine Scott

All of these books are available in the NSTA Store:

http://nsta.org/store

From the Twitterverse:

ISTE:

Social Media

ISTE 2012

Using iPads in the Classroom Edubloggercon/SocialEdCon session.

Brad Flickinger hosting.

What are people using in their classrooms>

Open mic time

Wanted the iPads as a tool not as a thing to learn in itself.

App Craft: Kids creating apps and animations for other kids to use.

The free version has a lot of Japanese commercials.

Penguin Palooza on wikispaces.com

apps were the tacky/techie? books.

Smithsonian institute book on penguins.

Penguin app that hooks up with an aquarium in Calif.

Consumer apps: used apps.

Producer apps: created content with the app.

Comic Creator, etc. Digital Storytelling.

Use teleprompter software and sandwich two iPads together.

Use it with English Language Learners.

Prompterous: teleprompter software.

Collabaracam: combine 4 different iphones or ipads to one.

One person becomes the director and then combine the feeds on one device.

http://collabracam.com/

Animation

Puppet pals

Animate on the fly. Use it with kids to do digital storytelling.

Toontastic

Animating in real time.

Facejack: Does the same thing as Blabberize.

Stopmotion Animation

iStopmotion

Stopmotion Pro

Smoovie

Scott Meech

Stopmotion Studio

QR Code Scavenger Hunts.

Putting QR codes next to teacher names as a way to connect with teachers and content.

Green Screens

Action Movie app.

Music creation with the iPad

Google easy chords for the song.

iPad Band . . . hehehe

Give the kids a chance and they'll go for it like nobody's business.

Kids learn on the virtual instrument and it leads to the real instrument.

Assessories

iRig

Teaching with one

App: Reflection

reflectionapp.com

Air Parrot: mirror your MacBook.

Use Reflections and put an iPEVO next to the computer and then you can show your

fingers touching the screen.

Stylus: Just mobile

An allupen . . . ?

Events & Happenings: